The mafia hit man, the moll and Mississippi Burning

Mob witness’s evidence against ex-FBI agent collapsed following an extraordinary and lengthy investigation in a bid to convict Lindley DeVecchio, report Tom Hays and Larry McShane

IT was like a classic episode of Perry Mason, with an FBI agent charged with murder, a mouthy mob moll and a twist at the end: The FBI guy walked after a reporter with a secret tape exposed the gangster’s girlfriend as a liar who couldn’t keep her story straight.

In a stunning finish to one of the worst law enforcement corruption cases in US history, former FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio was cleared of giving up confidential information that a Colombo family hit man used to kill four fellow mobsters.